James Franco takes the heat at celebrity roast

8:39 AM,
Aug. 26, 2013

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They ripped him for his Oscar hosting performance, for his varied roles, for his poetry, the sexuality of his screen characters and his artistic paintings. They even knocked his grandmother.

But James Franco insisted he came out on top of the Comedy Central Roast of James Franco filmed Sunday night at Culver Studios.

"It didn't hurt," Franco proclaimed after the show. "If you're going to do this kind of thing, you should just be ready for whatever. It's not like I haven't heard criticism about my performance in the Oscars. Or jokes about my choice of gay roles." ...